Beyond this they count _otameekai, otameekai, otameekai_, etc.; _i.e._ "and one more, and one more, and one more," and so on indefinitely.

The Andamans,[42] inhabitants of a group of islands in the Bay of Bengal, are equally limited in their power of counting.

They have _ubatulda_, 1, and _ikporda_, 2; but they can go no further, except in a manner similar to that of the Veddas.

Above two they proceed wholly by means of the fingers, saying as they tap the nose with each successive finger, _anka_, "and this." Only the more intelligent of the Andamans can count at all, many of them seeming to be as nearly destitute of the number sense as it is possible for a human being to be.
The Bushmen[43] of South Africa have but two numerals, the pronunciation of which can hardly be indicated without other resources than those of the English alphabet.

Their word for 3 means, simply, many, as in the case of some of the Australian tribes.